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about what he wants to do on the economy. how we're going to build an economy focused on the middle class, that's what we've done through the campaign. day after day. just trying to explain to people where we've been, where we need to go, how it contrasts with our opponent. he thinks it's a clear choice for the middle class of this country. >> is this race over? >> absolutely not. >> you don't look like a guy who thinks they're going to come back and tie it in ohio? >> 3:00 i wasn't sleeping, because you worry about anything. first all there's benefit about going through this before. ups and downs, we know the news media is anxious to write the romney recovery and comeback story. we understand that first of all we're not going to win battleground states by 10, 12 points, this race is going to tighten. we've built the presidential campaign with the belief it's going to come down to a few votes in a few states, so this race is going to tighten. we've got the edge in a few battleground states and the election is happening right
about what he wants to do on the economy. how we're going to build an economy focused on the middle class, that's what we've done through the campaign. day after day. just trying to explain to people where we've been, where we need to go, how it contrasts with our opponent. he thinks it's a clear choice for the middle class of this country. >> is this race over? >> absolutely not. >> you don't look like a guy who thinks they're going to come back and tie it in ohio? >>...
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the vast amount of americans have economy as their top concern. as we were talking about earlier, the issue of foreign policy only helps the president. even if there was something there that might be cloudy, at the end of the day he is the hero and governor romney does not have that experience. he was a governor. at least if you're a congressman, you can sigh i served on the foreign service committee. that is his achilles heel. >> even if he was a governor in a state like new york that had the sort of 9/11 experience, but in this context, in massachusetts, certainly -- >> or alaska where you can see russia. >> dig that one back up. >> they can see your dna by looking. >> two problems that mitt romney had or has in all of this, one is that basically as you're saying, if he had waited three days, this would be a completely different story because there are serious questions here for the president, for the state department, for the administration to answer. but basically, mitt romney gave president obama cover on this. so he's got the bin laden kill,
the vast amount of americans have economy as their top concern. as we were talking about earlier, the issue of foreign policy only helps the president. even if there was something there that might be cloudy, at the end of the day he is the hero and governor romney does not have that experience. he was a governor. at least if you're a congressman, you can sigh i served on the foreign service committee. that is his achilles heel. >> even if he was a governor in a state like new york that...
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maybe what they should have said is i'm going to cut taxes by 20% and the economy will go through the roof. they didn't say that. they said i'm going to cut taxes by 20% and find other revenue. where will you find the other revenue? not saying. >> there is not enough time, eric, not really is a discussion -- that's not a good rejoineder. i'm no debate pro, but you know. >> that's the place where barack obama, bill clinton, you ask them a question like that, they'll go deep into the math on you. they will rattle off numbers and until you start to pass out. >> you want to stab yourself in the neck. >> they will numb you with numbers and, you know, most of them true, most of them right, all of them framed to their benefit, but they've got the command of the specifics to back up what they're saying. >> i think paul ryan has the command. he just knows that it will probably increase taxes for people earning between $100,000 and $200,000 a year. >> the answer is like with releasie ining romney's tax ret the answer is one they don't want to give. they bet the farm on not giving the answer. th
maybe what they should have said is i'm going to cut taxes by 20% and the economy will go through the roof. they didn't say that. they said i'm going to cut taxes by 20% and find other revenue. where will you find the other revenue? not saying. >> there is not enough time, eric, not really is a discussion -- that's not a good rejoineder. i'm no debate pro, but you know. >> that's the place where barack obama, bill clinton, you ask them a question like that, they'll go deep into the...
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but there still is this fragile recovery to the economy. gdp numbers, it's growing at a slow rate of 1.3%. and the main reason why, alex, is because of the drought from last summer. >> right. we knew that was going to stick around. we were in real trouble with that. what about the mix of news regarding new home construction and sales? >> some of these sales numbers were actually lower than they expected. they came in about 0.3% lower. so they were expecting new single family home sales to come in at 380,000. they came in at 373,000. >> off a little. >> off a little. but prices are increasing. the median price for a house is $256,000. so price is actually increasing there. >> yeah. but the housing market improved slightly, home improvement sales, that i hear is going through the roof. right? people are spending money now. >> the prices are increasing. people want to improve their homes. so those -- those sales a through the roof. online especially for home retailers. that's even -- that is better than back-to-school sales for september. and
but there still is this fragile recovery to the economy. gdp numbers, it's growing at a slow rate of 1.3%. and the main reason why, alex, is because of the drought from last summer. >> right. we knew that was going to stick around. we were in real trouble with that. what about the mix of news regarding new home construction and sales? >> some of these sales numbers were actually lower than they expected. they came in about 0.3% lower. so they were expecting new single family home...
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. >> i just got a different vision about how we grow an economy. i think, barbara, you grow an economy from the middle out, not from the top down. >> it wasn't just the president talking about taxes. secretary inton alsei inue ding a speech at the clinton global initiative. >> one of the issues that i have been preaching about around the world is collecting taxes i an omhe elite in every country. you know, i'm out of american politics but -- [ applause ] >> -- it is a fact that around the world the elites of ref couny making money. there are rich people everywhere. and yet they do not contribute to the growth of their own countries. today both president obama and mitt romney will take part in this year's clintonbal ia. idkey, by the way, will be our guest this morning on "morning joe." >>> with just 42 days to go till election day the race for u.s. senate in massausetts is permanent and has to do with warren's claims of nate amanheritage. scott brown cast doubt on those saying, i think character is important. now both sides are airin out the debate
. >> i just got a different vision about how we grow an economy. i think, barbara, you grow an economy from the middle out, not from the top down. >> it wasn't just the president talking about taxes. secretary inton alsei inue ding a speech at the clinton global initiative. >> one of the issues that i have been preaching about around the world is collecting taxes i an omhe elite in every country. you know, i'm out of american politics but -- [ applause ] >> -- it is a...
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billions in the economy. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms re a pain in mabdomen peris th wheavier annghauar if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everne. i got sick...and then i got better. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a stunning work of technology. introducing the entirely new lus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. thiis the pursuit of perfection. syou know, i've helped a t of of people save a lot mon. but day.( sfouis e l cttihegr) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. (slohuun meep? what a strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> i think as people look at his record and they imagine him debating obama, obama is going to laugh at him. >> that was in january talking about mitt romney fiing himself in the debate with obama. jonathan cape heart, newt gingrich thinks this is going to be easy or
billions in the economy. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms re a pain in mabdomen peris th wheavier annghauar if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everne. i got sick...and then i got better. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a stunning work of technology. introducing the entirely new lus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. thiis the pursuit of perfection. syou...
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the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to inst in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dolla k he. om tye in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. it's a big day for this >>> we're back on "politicsnation." have you guys ever heard othe onion? it's a newspaperhat does these hysterical stories. ut.ck out some of the li terrified personal assistant tells clint eastwood. and another says, romney accidently introduces his family members by their third annual incomes instead of their names. and get a ld o this, george w. bush attends a key note conference in the cayman islands. you can't be serious. this is not an onion headline? it's not a joke? orusit b conference speaker in the cayman islands the week before the election, the week before the famous cayman runs for office? no. this is t an onion article but t
the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to inst in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dolla k he. om tye in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. it's a big day for this >>> we're back on "politicsnation." have you guys ever...
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and it is about the economy. but i would put a finer truth comb on that. i think it's about the future of middle class and going back t those nbers tha wusad in the quinnipiac poll, they asked people, who's -- obama and romney, who are they going to benefit, who are the policies going to benefit? you can see the 58% they have this reversed here. shou be 58% say ttit ro'solicies benefit the rich. and obama's are much more evenly split. and very few people think that romney's policies are going to benefit the middle class. so this is a problem for him. you see in that ad where he talks about my polies, ouedl class and the iotre poor. that is not what people on the ground believe and i think that's attributed to the president's ad campaigns on the ground. i think it also is underscored by the 47% comments. but the other thing that was interesting here is in ohio, the prenis lngt ey among women by 25 points. so, early on in the campaign all the talk we had about women's issues, the focus on women at the rnc and the dnc, that has clearly been a lasting problem
and it is about the economy. but i would put a finer truth comb on that. i think it's about the future of middle class and going back t those nbers tha wusad in the quinnipiac poll, they asked people, who's -- obama and romney, who are they going to benefit, who are the policies going to benefit? you can see the 58% they have this reversed here. shou be 58% say ttit ro'solicies benefit the rich. and obama's are much more evenly split. and very few people think that romney's policies are going...
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i don't always say things the t asroint quote from behind closed doors but i know how to fix the economy. >> i have no doubt that president obama will be a better defenderf that record. thank you both vy much for joining me tonight >> coming up. i hate to say i told you so especially on this one. but, as predicted here, republican money is flowing back into todd aikin's crazy senate campaign and he is saying crazy thin and in the rewrite tonight the oblivious mr. romney isaught a lesson about w the takers are in this country. empu. [ male announcer ] why not talk to someone who owns an adjustable version of thmost highly recommended bed in america? ask me about my tempur advanced ergo. goes up. goes up. ask me what is like to get a massage anytime you want. goes down. goes d leour tempuredic brand ners are more satisfied than owners of any traditional mattress brand. ergonomics. [ male announcer ] tempur-pedic. the most highly recommended bed in america. [ female announcer ] for more information or to find a retailer near you, visit tempurpedicom. >>> it is a problem. a republican proble
i don't always say things the t asroint quote from behind closed doors but i know how to fix the economy. >> i have no doubt that president obama will be a better defenderf that record. thank you both vy much for joining me tonight >> coming up. i hate to say i told you so especially on this one. but, as predicted here, republican money is flowing back into todd aikin's crazy senate campaign and he is saying crazy thin and in the rewrite tonight the oblivious mr. romney isaught a...
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the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more thaever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ now we need a ltle bit more... little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share your passions... because the results... are you havinfu doing this? yeah. that's a very nice cake! [ male announcer ] wel you can'teat them. [ giggles ] ohh! you got something huh? oa [ anc ] huna ust the value of spending time together that's a lot of work getting that one in! let's go see the birdies. [ male announcer ] one on one, sharing what you know. let's do it grandpa. that's why humana agents will sit down with you, to listen and understand what's important to you. 's w we help u choo thghmaedicare planunders
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in hong kong, the hang seng was . >>> aggressive budget cutting from one of europe's troubled economies did help wall street snap the losing streak yesterday. spain's finance minister announced $51 billion in budget cuts yesterday hoping to convince the world it can meet its fiscal rg that news helped gold continue its recent climb towards its biggest quarterly gain in two years. >>> earlier, mixed economic data faed to impress investors and initial jobless claims hit a two montlow. the final talley on second quarter gdp was lower than ct >>tee ,attered blackberry maker research in motion reported a smaller than expected qrterly loss. shares soared in late trade. >>> discover also got after hours boost from upbeat earnings. nike, however, stumbles thanks rl ave ts and inchina. the nasdaq higher. ge, part owner of this network, hit a four-year high after predicting a 10% rise in industrial revenue. tempeurpedic will buy sealy for $229ll heineken won a battle with asia pacific breweries for the tiger beermak beermaker. california governor rry brown signed twin bills yesterday blocking uni
in hong kong, the hang seng was . >>> aggressive budget cutting from one of europe's troubled economies did help wall street snap the losing streak yesterday. spain's finance minister announced $51 billion in budget cuts yesterday hoping to convince the world it can meet its fiscal rg that news helped gold continue its recent climb towards its biggest quarterly gain in two years. >>> earlier, mixed economic data faed to impress investors and initial jobless claims hit a two...
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i've just got a different vision about how we grow an economy. i think, barbara, that you grow an economy from the middle out, not from the top down. >> today, the obama re-election campaign released this ad in ohio. >> mitt romney attacked 47% of americans who pay no income tax, including veterans, elderly, the disabled. >> my job is not to worry about those people. >> doesn't the president have to worry about everyone? mitt romney paid just 14.1% in tacks last year. he keeps millions in bermuda and the cayman islands. he won't release his tax returns before 2010. maybe instead of attacking others on taxes, romney should come clean on his. >> today, new jersey republican governor chris christie struggled to and failed to come up with pro romney spin. we had a bad week. if the election were going to be held tomorrow, that would be a problem. the that's what chris christie says. on fox news sunday, bill crystal actually found himself complimenting the obama administrations' record while advising the romney campaign to focus on the next four years
i've just got a different vision about how we grow an economy. i think, barbara, that you grow an economy from the middle out, not from the top down. >> today, the obama re-election campaign released this ad in ohio. >> mitt romney attacked 47% of americans who pay no income tax, including veterans, elderly, the disabled. >> my job is not to worry about those people. >> doesn't the president have to worry about everyone? mitt romney paid just 14.1% in tacks last year. he...
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hnsth global economy if part of the eurozone ends up breaking off? >> i don't think the eurozone will break up. i really don't see that. i don't believe in that. i think that the europeans are much t serus andus ab t overall project, sometimes i wish they were more focused about an -- the practical steps that it takes to actually consolidate and unionize not in the sense of tradens b w a stronger european union, but believe they want their project to leaveon, it might be longer, more cumbersome, more laborious than we wish it was, but they will get there. >> is there sti tk o contaken from europe spreading to this country? >> contagion from what's happening in europe to the united states, it's a source of uncertainty. the unid states, if they're going to be such a strong economy initse w relatively limited trade with the eurozone in particular, but with strong financial ties between the finanal players, it's that part of the landscape that needs to be addressed i think as a priority in order to d offend you when an american politician says we don't w
hnsth global economy if part of the eurozone ends up breaking off? >> i don't think the eurozone will break up. i really don't see that. i don't believe in that. i think that the europeans are much t serus andus ab t overall project, sometimes i wish they were more focused about an -- the practical steps that it takes to actually consolidate and unionize not in the sense of tradens b w a stronger european union, but believe they want their project to leaveon, it might be longer, more...
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europe's biggest economy is still struggling dampened investors' moods. germany's confidence index fell for a fifth straight month in september. ticle coupled with unconfirmed reports of a privacy breach dragged facebook down 9%. >>> apple dipped despite selling 5 million iphone 5s last weekend which was more than the iphone 4s but apparently not as many as some expected. >>> on the up side, google notched a new high on an analyst upgrade. ek he budennos housing data this susi heaings. some 2$200is being refunded by sts r de 5 io investigation showed it tricked people to sign up for services like payment protection plans. >>> toys "r" us is hiring 35,000 seasonal people this year. that's up from the 40,000 people it hired. >>> a recall of valenc peanut tter has now spread made at the until untifactor tter has been linked to salmonella. >>> an industry trade group predicts a world shortage of pork and bacon next year. it's now unavoidle due to this year's drought >>> and finally, do you agree with this speingf s food, a new poll shows ritz crackers are ame
europe's biggest economy is still struggling dampened investors' moods. germany's confidence index fell for a fifth straight month in september. ticle coupled with unconfirmed reports of a privacy breach dragged facebook down 9%. >>> apple dipped despite selling 5 million iphone 5s last weekend which was more than the iphone 4s but apparently not as many as some expected. >>> on the up side, google notched a new high on an analyst upgrade. ek he budennos housing data this susi...
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and also people care about the economy. i think romney has an obligation to talk about foreign policy though. and the linkage which i think is their strongest case, why do you think the next four years will be any different than the last four years? i think making it all on the economy and arab spring is not a bad line. >> we're going to get to the polls in a moment but i'll try this on you, paul. do you think paul ryan talking about president obama's foreign policy will move people from obama to romney? >> i'm not -- i don't think paul ryan, it matters very much. but i do twhink have a sequence of things that are going to happen here and these ling up the first two things. mitt romney has a paramount goal. he must get past the debate and still have life in this campaign. if he can get through the first debate and convince republicans hi he's still in the race, not abandon him as a lost cause, have a sense that he's still in the game, he then has some options how to spend the last 35 days of the campaign. on foreign policy,
and also people care about the economy. i think romney has an obligation to talk about foreign policy though. and the linkage which i think is their strongest case, why do you think the next four years will be any different than the last four years? i think making it all on the economy and arab spring is not a bad line. >> we're going to get to the polls in a moment but i'll try this on you, paul. do you think paul ryan talking about president obama's foreign policy will move people from...
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i think they've heard a lot about the economy. and they're not interested in the minutia. >> governor, let me get your take on style versus substance. and can you really coach style? i mean, maybe you can say don't look at your watch, but aren't these guys who they are by now? >> i think a lot of it comes down to whether or not the candidates look like they're comfortable in their own skin. i think the president certainly does. and it's been perhaps more difficult for governor romney because he's had to change positions a number of times throughout the campaign. >> well, that's the democratic talking point. having said that, do you think that this is -- the debates are a lot about who would you rather have a beer with? who would you like to have lunch with? >> my sense is the debate is about who has the better vision for the country's future. who really understands the challenges. who's got the right plan and who's likeliest to make it happen. >> what do you think the biggest challenge is for the president? in bloomberg, al hunt s
i think they've heard a lot about the economy. and they're not interested in the minutia. >> governor, let me get your take on style versus substance. and can you really coach style? i mean, maybe you can say don't look at your watch, but aren't these guys who they are by now? >> i think a lot of it comes down to whether or not the candidates look like they're comfortable in their own skin. i think the president certainly does. and it's been perhaps more difficult for governor...
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some romney advisers to keep the focus on the economy, some are saying romney should have a major foreign policy speech days after the debate. over the weekend, the white house was on the defensive after the friday's announcement that the deadly assault on the u.s. consulate in bengahzi was deliberate and organized. peter king of new york called on susan rice to resign as u.s. ambassador to the united nations after she initially claimed the attack on the consulate was part of the spontaneous protest after an anti-islamic video. yesterday paul ryan and john mccain slammed the administration's handling of the deadly attack. >> the response was slow, confused, inconsistent. they first said it was a youtube video and a spontaneous mob. we now know it was a planned terrorist attack if this was one tragic incident that would be a tragedy in itself. the problem is it's part of a bigger picture that the obama foreign policy is unraveling before our eyes on tv screens. >> i think it interferes with the depiction that the administration is trying to convey that al qaeda is on the wane, everything i
some romney advisers to keep the focus on the economy, some are saying romney should have a major foreign policy speech days after the debate. over the weekend, the white house was on the defensive after the friday's announcement that the deadly assault on the u.s. consulate in bengahzi was deliberate and organized. peter king of new york called on susan rice to resign as u.s. ambassador to the united nations after she initially claimed the attack on the consulate was part of the spontaneous...
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there's also growing optimism about the economy. 57% say it's improving. that's the highest number this poll has recorded on this question. one thing not going the president's way here, his handling of the situations in egypt and libya. more people disapprove than approve on that question. as for mr. romney, it appears he's still paying for the comments about the 47%, 51% of respondents to this nbc poll say recent impressions made by the republican candidate make him less favorable. they view him less favorably. 28% say more favorably. >>> both presidential candidates were off the trail as they prepared for tonight's debate. the president spent the past couple of days working with his team in nevada. took a quick break to visit the hoover dam. why not while you're there. mitt romney was in colorado where he grabbed a burrito bowl at a local chipotle. he stopped to pose for pictures with this staff of the restaurant. love the guy on the right. amazing. presidential candidates spending most of their days in debate mode. it was up to the running mates to do t
there's also growing optimism about the economy. 57% say it's improving. that's the highest number this poll has recorded on this question. one thing not going the president's way here, his handling of the situations in egypt and libya. more people disapprove than approve on that question. as for mr. romney, it appears he's still paying for the comments about the 47%, 51% of respondents to this nbc poll say recent impressions made by the republican candidate make him less favorable. they view...
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it would threaten elimination of israel, th security of gulf nations, and the stability of the glol economy. >> the white house came under so f for nchin a face to face meetings with foreign leaders here in new york during the urn gener.n. general assely. the white house says he did meet briefly with the new president of yemen. but no major talks with other worldleads. to ten abl wl hear from iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad for the first final before his office expires. >>> a final deadline has come and gone that would have allowed todd akin to remove his name from the senate race in miouri yedaten ae off approached, the man who made national headlines with his comments on legit mate rape kicked off a statewide bus tour and vowed to stay in the race.h comments on legit mate rape kicked off a statewide bus tour and vowed to stay in the race. >> over the period of the last number oweeks, a number of ople have askre quitting? there are other people that want to replace you with someone else. i don't believe that that is really my decision. the decision was made by the voters of the state
it would threaten elimination of israel, th security of gulf nations, and the stability of the glol economy. >> the white house came under so f for nchin a face to face meetings with foreign leaders here in new york during the urn gener.n. general assely. the white house says he did meet briefly with the new president of yemen. but no major talks with other worldleads. to ten abl wl hear from iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad for the first final before his office expires. >>>...
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if you look at the polls and ask people how the economy are doing. democrats say great, republicans say it's doing terribly, politics there is trumping and lived experience of the economy, pretty remarkable. >> i want to bring in an old and sort of strongly held beleaf among conservatives that rick santorum voiced talking about who's on their side. >> we will never have the media on our side. ever in this country. we will never have the elite, smart people on our side. because they believe they should have the power to tell you what to do. >> i love this. the elite smart people, the last time i checked, run a lot of companies because they're elite and many cases because they are smart and good at certain things and what mitt romney referred to as the 1% recently in his tax discussion and what santorum is talking about are elites who contribute and control a lot of the debate, right? >> well, so what i see here, both with the polls can make -- you can make polls say anything which is not true, you cannot make polls say anything, ands also with this --
if you look at the polls and ask people how the economy are doing. democrats say great, republicans say it's doing terribly, politics there is trumping and lived experience of the economy, pretty remarkable. >> i want to bring in an old and sort of strongly held beleaf among conservatives that rick santorum voiced talking about who's on their side. >> we will never have the media on our side. ever in this country. we will never have the elite, smart people on our side. because they...
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internal israeli government report finds that international sanctions are, in fact, hurting iran's economy but have not slowed down the nuclear program. the report calls for another round of sanctions to be implemented. >> in the race for the white house, we have got new batch of poll numbers coming out on three more battleground states. according to the new nbc/"wall street journal"/marist college poll, the president has a slim lead over voters in north carolina where the democrats held their national convention earlier this month. obama won the state in 2008 by less than 1%. he also has a two-point advantage in nevada, well within the margin of error and in new hampshire where mitt romney owns a home, obama leads 51% to 44%. in all, three states registered voters said the direction of the country had indeed improved but the most significant was in new hampshire. back in june there was a 20-point gap between so-called wrong track and right track respondents. this gap is just seven points. yesterday, iowa became the first battleground state to begin early in person voting. ohio will do the
internal israeli government report finds that international sanctions are, in fact, hurting iran's economy but have not slowed down the nuclear program. the report calls for another round of sanctions to be implemented. >> in the race for the white house, we have got new batch of poll numbers coming out on three more battleground states. according to the new nbc/"wall street journal"/marist college poll, the president has a slim lead over voters in north carolina where the...
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one, the economy. two, jobs. three, health care. four, education. five was the budget deficit. so no one's minimizing the importance of the deficit but there really is not a program that deals with the other four and they are using extreme measures and cutting up various entitlements and americans that want to deal with the deficit. >> i think what happened in 2010 and democrats in a way allowed this to happen is that the republicans succeeded in making the deficit a central issue and a stand in for people's economic worries across the board. >> right. >> i think now it's much clearer to people that these two things are related but they are quite separate and there are moments when balancing the budget or cutting spending on things like schools and public safety can actually make unemployment worse. i think something else important has happened, which is the health care law was very unpopular on election day back then. the health care law is gaining ground. and they were demobilized, the democrats last time. they are not demobilized this time. >> they were strutting around, the
one, the economy. two, jobs. three, health care. four, education. five was the budget deficit. so no one's minimizing the importance of the deficit but there really is not a program that deals with the other four and they are using extreme measures and cutting up various entitlements and americans that want to deal with the deficit. >> i think what happened in 2010 and democrats in a way allowed this to happen is that the republicans succeeded in making the deficit a central issue and a...
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as somebody who projects an air of authority, especially when he talks about the economy. that is the private sector track record. the flip side, the weakness is the 47%. some of the attacks he's taken in terms of that business record. i think mitt romney's biggest problem though, chris, is the sense people can't be sure exactly if he believes what he's saying. he needs to project authentic passion for what he believes his plan would do for the american economy to make the 47% lives better as well as the other 53. >> what do you think, e.j.? >> i thought the definitive line on politics, what you need is sincerity, if you can fake that, you can do anything. it's troublesome on this question of authenticate. what is authenticity? romney has taken a number of positions on issues which you will be sure obama will try to sneak in there somehow. he can be ferocious and disciplined. go back to that newt gingrich debate in florida where he dispatched newt gingrich. he can be very good. i think he can have real highs, but also can have lows and say the darnedest things sometimes. >
as somebody who projects an air of authority, especially when he talks about the economy. that is the private sector track record. the flip side, the weakness is the 47%. some of the attacks he's taken in terms of that business record. i think mitt romney's biggest problem though, chris, is the sense people can't be sure exactly if he believes what he's saying. he needs to project authentic passion for what he believes his plan would do for the american economy to make the 47% lives better as...
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he's upset. [ male announcer ] spend less time at gas stations with best in class fuel economy. it's our most innovative altima ever. ♪ check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. >>> i couldn't believe the other day when the president's opponents said that the 47% of the american people who don't pay income tax, just want to hang around and be dependent on the government, you know, we just had to ween them off of that because they didn't want to pay income tax. now, a guy with a tax account in the cayman islands is attacking other people for not wanting to -- i mean, you got to give him credit. >> bill clinton, back in new hampshire today, for the president. meanwhile, mitt romney is narrowing president obama's lead in our latest nbc news/"wall street journal" national poll but the battleground states show he has a difficult path to 270. tonight is his biggest chance to change the momentum of the campaign. what is his ga
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the only thing he can argue is that obama has not been a good steward of the economy, but as we know, obama has a very good answer to that. and that's on offense. then you think about what he has to do on defense. he's going to be on the defense on the 47%. he's going to be on defense on his tax question. i mean, this is a guy who doesn't have very much to work with at this point. so it's hard for me to see, even if he doesn't make a major gaffe, which he does on a weekly basis, even if he doesn't, what ammunition does he have to actually have a good showing? >> i'm told there are examples of elections turning on debates, president bush for example started gaining on al gore when they faced off in 2000. is it usually the case that debates are quite the kind of game-changer that everybody thinks this one has to be for romney to do anything successfully in november? >> no, it's not. the historical data shows that i think we sort of exaggerate the role of debates. i would tip my hat to the washington monthly that has a nice article that goes through some of the political science and poll
the only thing he can argue is that obama has not been a good steward of the economy, but as we know, obama has a very good answer to that. and that's on offense. then you think about what he has to do on defense. he's going to be on the defense on the 47%. he's going to be on defense on his tax question. i mean, this is a guy who doesn't have very much to work with at this point. so it's hard for me to see, even if he doesn't make a major gaffe, which he does on a weekly basis, even if he...
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he had an economy in shambles that helped that argument. here's the latest nbc news/washington journal, marist poll. in the battleground states of north carolina, nevada, new hampshire. nevada, we should note, housing crisis at its worst there. unemployment at its worst there, voters are split, though, on who's better at handling the economy. we're starting to see the trend in other swing states as well. why is this? why are voters now saying, well, you know what, despite the last four years, i think the should be could be the guy who can turn this thing around. >> well, mitt romney never effectively, at least not yet, was able to articulate a way they could turn the economy around. we still have a couple debates. i still think 38 days before the election or something like that. but mitt romney didn't make that argument. and he didn't make it in those swing states. and that's because mitt romney played defense a lot of the first half of this year. whether it was in the primaries or in may, when the primary was finally over, and the obama ca
he had an economy in shambles that helped that argument. here's the latest nbc news/washington journal, marist poll. in the battleground states of north carolina, nevada, new hampshire. nevada, we should note, housing crisis at its worst there. unemployment at its worst there, voters are split, though, on who's better at handling the economy. we're starting to see the trend in other swing states as well. why is this? why are voters now saying, well, you know what, despite the last four years, i...
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the economy is job one. we need to make sure we re-elect president obama, so we can build off the economic process we have started to see as we've turned this economy around. we need to move that forward, not go back to the policies that mitt romney is advocating that would actually hurt the economy and hurt middle class taxpayers. and there's a number of other things that we're going to be working on. we're going to continue to work on immigration reform. the president's taken some steps in the last few months. even with congress opposing him, that have allowed us to make some changes on how we handle immigration. we're going to work on that aggressively, look for partners from both sides of the aisle that are serious on making progress on these issues. but we'll continue to build off those successes in a second term. >> i'm sure you've seen this, the spoof from "saturday night live's" thursday edition this week about the high unemployment numbers. in case you didn't, take a look, take a listen. >> but thin
the economy is job one. we need to make sure we re-elect president obama, so we can build off the economic process we have started to see as we've turned this economy around. we need to move that forward, not go back to the policies that mitt romney is advocating that would actually hurt the economy and hurt middle class taxpayers. and there's a number of other things that we're going to be working on. we're going to continue to work on immigration reform. the president's taken some steps in...
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chief ben bernanke renewed the central bank's pledge to keep record low interest rates to spur the economy, even after it regains momentum. >>> analysts say winter holiday shopping will rise 4.1% this year. that's slightly lower than predictions for the past two years. >>> jpmorgan chase is the first target of a justice department investigation into the financial crisis. a civil lawsuit alleges bear stearns, bought by jpmorgan in a fire sale, carried out billions of dollars in mortgage-backed securities fraud. >>> american express has agreed to pay $112.5 million to settle federal charges of illegal late fees. >>> the multibillion-dollar fraud carried out by bernard madoff began as far back as the early 1970s. that's according to a rewritten indictment bringing new charges against four longtime madoff employees. >>> a trader joe's peanut butter recall linked to cases of salmonella has now spread to nut butter recalls at multiple national chains including whole foods, target and stop 'n shop. >>> honda is recalling 3,000 accords. >>> congratulations to yahoo!'s marissa mamaier. the new ceo
chief ben bernanke renewed the central bank's pledge to keep record low interest rates to spur the economy, even after it regains momentum. >>> analysts say winter holiday shopping will rise 4.1% this year. that's slightly lower than predictions for the past two years. >>> jpmorgan chase is the first target of a justice department investigation into the financial crisis. a civil lawsuit alleges bear stearns, bought by jpmorgan in a fire sale, carried out billions of dollars in...
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the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ wthe future of our medicare andr electiosocial security. for... a real difference. man 1: i want facts. straight talk. tell me your plan... and what it means for me. woman 2: i'm tired of the negative ads and political spin. that won't help me decide. man 2: i earned my medicare and social security. and i deserve some answers. anncr: where do the candidates stand on issues that... affect seniors today and in the future? find out with the aarp voters' guide at earnedasay.org boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada..
the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ wthe future of our medicare andr electiosocial security. for... a...
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billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ >> good today to all of you, it's 1:00 in the east, it's 10:00 a.m. in the west. a new reaction today from paul ryan. >> we have had some missteps. but at the end of the day, the choice is really clear. and we're giving people a very clear choice. we have these pro growth solutions for opportunity and upward mobile and a dynamic economy. you've got the president basically promising four more years like the last four years. and here and there. we have not been able to frame that choice clearly. by the end of the day, people are not going to understand exactly what they have got. >> a voluntary campaign senior advisor is seeking to clarify the president's plan even after the currency of the economy. >> the president's not ga qualifiesed. we have now created 5 million jobs, we're net positive in terms of jobs created. but whole is huge, and we have to create an commit in which the middle class has a chance. we're not going t
billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ >> good today to all of you, it's 1:00 in the east, it's 10:00 a.m. in the west. a new reaction today from paul ryan. >> we have had some missteps. but at the end of the day, the choice is really clear. and we're giving people a very clear choice. we have these pro growth solutions for opportunity and upward mobile and a dynamic...
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the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ >>> as protests continue throughout the middle east the state department issued a warning today to u.s. citizens in egypt citing that the embassy has credible information suggesting terrorist interests in targeting u.s. missionaries in egypt. joining me now congressman keith ellison a vocal advocate for continued engagement in the region despite the protests. thank you so much for coming in. >> thank you. >> where do we stand now, a lot of criticism as to how the administration responded in the initial days first saying that this was simply protests in response to the video. now clearly terrorism, defense secretary panetta said tha
the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ >>> as protests continue throughout the middle east the...
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>> we have to remember where the economy was at that point. there was thought that the market would go down to 3,000. there was a fear of actual collapse and i think what the president did is let's stabilize the economy. what's resonating in ohio and other places is his focus on manufacturing, on exports. people are respondsing to a sense that he has a long-term vision to what's going to make america economically competitive. i think what the president's strategy was is let's stabilize the financial system and then build a new strong foundation. >> but what does that vision -- part of the issue there, right, is there's the vision in the future which he talks about all the time and then there's the current problem and i think -- i felt sometimes a little lack of urgency coming out of washington about the jobs crisis and even in terms the way the president talks about the present from the white house itself in terms of talking about jobs. >> well, i think that the president if you look at what they did with the small business administration, wit
>> we have to remember where the economy was at that point. there was thought that the market would go down to 3,000. there was a fear of actual collapse and i think what the president did is let's stabilize the economy. what's resonating in ohio and other places is his focus on manufacturing, on exports. people are respondsing to a sense that he has a long-term vision to what's going to make america economically competitive. i think what the president's strategy was is let's stabilize...
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and this workhorse gives you the power of a v8 with the highway fuel economy of a v6. incredible! right? an amazing test drive. i agree. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now during chevy truck month, get 0% apr financing for 60 months or trade up to get the 2012 chevy silverado all-star edition with a total value of $8,000. hurry in before they're all gone! >>> affordable care. when we talk about the court, everyone is looking and we are staring down the barrel. it seemed to me, look, this is kind of decision day. this is where it happens. are we going to have a decision which the five justices appointed by republicans outvote the four justices by democrats? strictly across partisan lines on this issue, on a very shaky in my lay opinion. it didn't work out that way because of john roberts. this is what you say in your book, "the oath." for roberts personally his vote to uphold the affordable care act an opinion where acts of strategic genius roberts laid down a marker on the scope of the commerce cause and bought space for himself for future rulings. people who don't rem
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>> we're going to talk to sherri brown about the economy in ohio and how the economy might be better than we realized. the debate we're having about the economy is not the debate a lot of people political commentators and critics thought we would be having and we want to dig in to the numbers beneath the headline numbers that might give us a sense of why that's the case. >> "up with chris hayes" tomorrow morning on msnbc. set your different or better yet your alarm clock. >>> if you could use a superpower would it be the ability to fly, the ability to be invisible, the ability to be more powerful than a speeding locomotive? senator scott brown apparently has a superpower. we will explain. next. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and periods that were heavier and longer than usual for me. if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everyone. i got sick...and then i got better. is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citr
>> we're going to talk to sherri brown about the economy in ohio and how the economy might be better than we realized. the debate we're having about the economy is not the debate a lot of people political commentators and critics thought we would be having and we want to dig in to the numbers beneath the headline numbers that might give us a sense of why that's the case. >> "up with chris hayes" tomorrow morning on msnbc. set your different or better yet your alarm clock....
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obama is responsible for a bad economy doesn't work. ohio is more prosperous now than it's been for decades. and in virginia the unemployment rate is less than 6%. mr. romney probably can't win without either of those two states. and the economic conditions in those states, which are much better than the rest of the country, is really seems to be hurting him and helping the president. >> okay. peter brown, thanks for the interesting chat. i appreciate it. >>> now to number five on our list of the top five trending stories. the new intrusion into kate middleton's private life. more photographs of the duchess of cambridge have surfaced. a danish magazine has published photos showing middleton changing her bikini bottoms taken from the front. st. james palace has not said if it will take legal action. [ horse neighs ] look! she wears the scarlet markings! [ man ] out! your kind is not welcome here! nor your odd predilections! miracle whip is tangy and sweet, not odd. [ man ] it's evil! if you'd try it, you'd know. she speaketh the truth! [
obama is responsible for a bad economy doesn't work. ohio is more prosperous now than it's been for decades. and in virginia the unemployment rate is less than 6%. mr. romney probably can't win without either of those two states. and the economic conditions in those states, which are much better than the rest of the country, is really seems to be hurting him and helping the president. >> okay. peter brown, thanks for the interesting chat. i appreciate it. >>> now to number five...
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it reminds me of president obama and the economy. if you can't get it right, it is time to get out. >>> all of the pressure and not necessarily from politicians helped bring about a deal between the nfl and the referee's union late wednesday night. the real refs got a standing ovation before thursday night's browns/ravens game in baltimore. here is what makes that scene hilarious. ask any sports fan, player or coach, the least popular man or woman on the field is the one holding the wlislhistle. people hate referees. that is partly as a function. despite the striped uniforms, they are meant to be invisible. we only notice them when they mess up or as it seems when they are gone and not there doing their jobs as professionals. allow me a metaphor of my own. to me, this is part of the labor image we all need to see in america as a whole. these individual maligned individuals at the bottom of the pay scale and the bottom of the status scale within the game of football are the key to its fairness and legitimacy. people will still watch t
it reminds me of president obama and the economy. if you can't get it right, it is time to get out. >>> all of the pressure and not necessarily from politicians helped bring about a deal between the nfl and the referee's union late wednesday night. the real refs got a standing ovation before thursday night's browns/ravens game in baltimore. here is what makes that scene hilarious. ask any sports fan, player or coach, the least popular man or woman on the field is the one holding the...
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the chief issue for this election is the economy. obama's going to offer at the debate a defense of his record and a little bit of small ball proposals for what he would do in a second term. basically expending on what he's already done. romney's response is going to be, you know, obama has screwed this all up, has gone about the economy entirely wrong. and when people ask him what would you do instead, his response is going to be, well, obama's done it all wrong. >> a replay of what we've heard over the past five or six months. >> well, we don't usually write our headlines in advance, but i would go with "unchanged game" as the most likely. the polling since the advent of television debates have shown very rarely do the debates actually alter the underlying dynamics in the race, number one. number two, the voters know that mitt romney has fundamentally a 1% mentality. i don't think he's going to change that perception in this deba debate. >> peter, do you think we'll at least get a few zingers? >> oh, romney has been practice them a
the chief issue for this election is the economy. obama's going to offer at the debate a defense of his record and a little bit of small ball proposals for what he would do in a second term. basically expending on what he's already done. romney's response is going to be, you know, obama has screwed this all up, has gone about the economy entirely wrong. and when people ask him what would you do instead, his response is going to be, well, obama's done it all wrong. >> a replay of what...
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look, we're in an economic economy. growth in the world economy is down to 2.5% this year. you know, it should be 4%, 5%. there's no inflation problem that's prevting growth movi ard. cooperation in trade, trading arrangements and america in particular should be looking to sell to the rest of the world. you've got the best technology in the world. you should be doing even better. >> okay, then. >> prime minister, shifting to national and international securi, what is your sense of at ahaniango to look like in early 2015? after the american withdrawal. and can you talk a little bit in that context about where pakistan is and where it's going. >> well, the danger in afghanistan, as we've always worried about, is afgnist is relytl r the taliban and partly run by a karzai-type government. and you end up having to cede space to taliban-pe forces or comeo some compromise with them that means that you go ki, ink, is the epicenter of everything that's really wrong and what's going to be dealt with. and if we could have more constructive relationships with pakistan, and that's very,
look, we're in an economic economy. growth in the world economy is down to 2.5% this year. you know, it should be 4%, 5%. there's no inflation problem that's prevting growth movi ard. cooperation in trade, trading arrangements and america in particular should be looking to sell to the rest of the world. you've got the best technology in the world. you should be doing even better. >> okay, then. >> prime minister, shifting to national and international securi, what is your sense of...
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i want this job because i can do a better job healing the economy, not the earth, healing the economy than he has done for the last 3 1/2 years. if he can do that, be confident, don't try to be slick or funny, it's not who you are, just be mitt romney, he'll have a good night. >> i think he'll have a good night. i'll tell you this also, mark mckinnon. we're going to hear about the 47% from barack obama tonight. he'll bring that up. i also think mitt romney will bring this up in the debate. something that was spoken yesterday in charlotte, north carolina, by our dear friend joe biden. roll it. >> the romney/ryan tax plan will raise taxes on middle-class families with a child, one or more children, by an additional $2,000 a year. how -- all kidding aside, with all the boos, look, guys, this is deadly earnest, man. this is deadly earnest! how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years, how in lord's name can they justify? >> god bless him. >> mark mckinnon -- i love him. mike, we love him. we love him! has anybody not t
i want this job because i can do a better job healing the economy, not the earth, healing the economy than he has done for the last 3 1/2 years. if he can do that, be confident, don't try to be slick or funny, it's not who you are, just be mitt romney, he'll have a good night. >> i think he'll have a good night. i'll tell you this also, mark mckinnon. we're going to hear about the 47% from barack obama tonight. he'll bring that up. i also think mitt romney will bring this up in the...